Rafael Dudamel complains about the arbitration in the semifinal of the National Cup vs Cali | Colombian Soccer | Betplay Cup

Deportivo Cali was eliminated in the semifinal of the BetPlay 2021 Cup after losing 1-0 this Thursday against National in Medellín, but the technician Rafael Dudamel He went with everything against the arbitration of Carlos Ortega and those who were in the VAR, by not decreeing in the second half a hand of the defender Emmanuel Olivera in the area, which would have been the option of executing a penalty kick in favor of the Valle del Cauca team .

In the press conference after the match, the Venezuelan coach said: “I am filled with a feeling of pride, I am filled with a feeling of satisfaction for the work of our entire team, of all our players, they have given themselves to the maximum against a rival of a lot of quality, against a rival with very good individual and collective arguments, I want to congratulate Atlético Nacional, its coach, I have said it and personally recognized it in Cali, my admiration and respect for his work “

And he added that “we in Cali with a 4-3-3, today with a 5-4-1 or 3-4-3 we made a face, we faced a great rival, but we worked with great conviction and ambition, and I think we have done our part to provide a show, we have competed in both games, the only thing we have not been able to do is arbitration, against that we could not “.

“In Cali, with a treacherous out of place, the linesman was very well located, and today against a play in which the ball clearly hits the hand of the Nacional defender, what leaves me is sadness and a bit of concern, since here they are not only harming an institution like Deportivo Cali, but also These types of situations harm all of Colombian football, and we are not the coaches or the players who are in charge of solving these types of situations, irregularities, they are the leaders, I invite the leadership to get to work because many are being raised compromises of delicate decisions of very clear situations”.

At the same time, after showing the action of the alleged Olivera penalty on his personal computer, Dudamel added: “I have to be worried and dissatisfied because Mr. (Carlos) Ortega told me that the ball had not hit him in the hand, that he had hit in the oblique, abdominal part of the player, also the arm makes the ball change direction, of course, chen you have to analyze a play, when you have to give your opinion, that the checks come out of the same ones that are being benefited, then it is up to interpretation“.

“When the check comes from the same company as the team that is being benefited, then you have to say in your comment that it is up to interpretation. No, the hands are not interpreted, the volume of play increases or does not increase, and here you are clearly increasing the volume of play. So, from now on any analysis is very subjective, we leave with a lot of bitterness, with a lot of anger, but I am leaving with the pride that in everything planned my players made all their effort to take it big on the field. Sportingly we compete, what we could not overcome was the one against the arbitration, Mr. Machado, please, let’s get to work, we raised the level of football for coaches, players and you also from the refereeing ”.

Without addressing any other concerns of the journalists, he said goodbye like this: “Congratulations to Atlético Nacional, they did not deserve or need this type of help because it is a very competitive team, I think this is enough, I hope they understand and respect me at this time the decision not to answer any more questions, but I think from here any other type of analysis is not necessary ”.

Marco Antonio Garcés
Correspondent Futbolred Cali
In Twitter: @marquitosgarces